Barings Real Estate Advisers is investing in a speculative Manchester office scheme.

The investment manager is developing the 180,000 sqft landmark site in the northern UK city.

The development, which will cost around £100m (€116m), is being funded by  on behalf of an unnamed institutional investor.

Nick Pink, head of fund management for Europe at Barings, said: â€œWe remain selective buyers in the UK where we can identify opportunities in markets and sectors that demonstrate the right mix of cyclical and structural performance characteristics.

�We continue to look for opportunities such as Manchester across Europe to supplement our other major projects in Berlin and London.�

The scheme is due to be completed in 2019.

Castlebrooke, who originally acquired the site in 2015, will continue to act as development manager.